WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Acorn Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACFN), the digital energy company, today announced that John A. Moore, CEO of Acorn Energy, has been selected again to present at Needham & Company's Annual Growth Conference, a by-invitation-only event running from January 15-17. The conference will take place at the New York Palace Hotel, located at 455 Madison Avenue, New York, New York. This conference affords institutional investors, private equity firms and venture capitalists a chance to not only attend presentations, but also to meet one on one with company leaders.

Mr. Moore will be presenting on January 17, 2013 at 8:40 AM. His presentation will also be webcast live and can be seen at: http://wsw.com/webcast/needham55/acfn/. If you are unable to view the live presentation it will be available in archive for 90 days.

"Acorn Energy's repeated inclusion in this long running, significant conference is further validation of our growing presence in both the commercial and investor marketplaces. We continue to be encouraged by the work of our portfolio companies in marrying advanced innovative technology to the existing energy infrastructure, and then demonstrating that value proposition to potential customers," said John Moore.

About Acorn Energy, Inc.

Acorn Energy, Inc. is a holding company focused on making energy better by providing digital solutions for energy infrastructure asset management. The four businesses in which we have controlling interests, improve the world's energy infrastructure by making it: more secure - providing security solutions for underwater energy infrastructure (DSIT); more reliable - providing condition-based monitoring to critical assets on the electric grid (GridSense, OmniMetrix) and more productive and efficient - increasing oil and gas production while lowering costs through use of permanent ultra-high sensitive seismic tools that allow for a more precise picture of reservoirs (US Seismic). For more information visit: http://www.acornenergy.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. There is no assurance that Acorn Energy, Inc. or its operating companies will continue to grow their respective businesses, or that any of them will meet the expectations or execute the initiatives described or referred to above. A complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties which may affect Acorn Energy's business generally and the businesses of its subsidiaries is included in "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and its most recent 10-Q as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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